Donald Douglas has a great piece up on the Dems’ attempt to Trojan Horse a Trojan Horse:
Progressives will argue that resort to “reconciliation” is a common legislative practice; that Senate Republicans used the procedure when they held the majority. For example:
For more detailed information on how exactly the reconciliation process works, see this diary on Congress Matters. This is the same procedure that was used by Senate Republicans under President Bush to pass his first round of tax cuts. It’s been used over 20 times in the past 35 years, by both parties.
Well, if that’s the central example of GOP use of reconciliation, the Republicans were within proper procedure in promoting the passage of tax legislation through reconciliation. It would have to be a new twist in lobbying for ObamaCare for Dems to call the legislation an “entitlement” or a “revenue program.” The administration’s healthcare reform would be a major new social policy expansion – and it would be a “discretionary” appropriation, not a fixed-outlay entitlement. And it’s certainly not a matter of routine budgetary appropriations. Thus, it’s sneaky and underhanded for leftists – such as Senator Schumer above, but also blogger Steve Benen – to disguise reconciliation for ObamaCare as possible as a normal legislative alternative.>
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It’s ridiculous for anyone to say this is not an entitlement when the stated purpose of the bill is to make health care a right for everyone. Obama better hope that he keeps a hefty majority in the House and Senate, because pushing health care through like this would make Washington more polarized than it was during the Bush years. It might be there already, but there will be no hope after this.
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